Prem Pradhan (1924–1998) was a Nepalese preacher and evangelist whose remarkable ministry played a pivotal role in spreading Christianity in Nepal, earning him the title "Apostle to Nepal." Born in June 1924 in Ilam, East Nepal, to Hindu parents, he was educated at the Rama Krishna Mission School in Calcutta. Pradhan served in the British Air Force during World War II, surviving a plane crash in the Middle East that left him with a permanent limp from a leg wound. After the war, he became a tank regiment commander in the Indian Army. His life changed in 1951 when he heard a street preacher in Darjeeling proclaim Hebrews 9:27—"It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment"—leading him to accept Christ after returning to ask how to escape judgment. Pradhan’s preaching career began after he resigned his military post in 1955, following three months of resisting God’s call due to his physical disability, and returned to Nepal as a full-time missionary. Facing initial struggles, including three years without converts, his breakthrough came when he prayed for a paralyzed woman who was healed, prompting many, including a Buddhist lama, to turn to Christ. His open baptisms defied Nepal’s laws against conversion, resulting in his arrest in 1962 and a six-year prison sentence, during which he spent a total of ten years across 14 prisons between 1960 and 1975. In harsh conditions—small cells, scant food, and torture—he led "inside-the-prison" Bible institutes, converting and discipling prisoners from 12 tribes who spread the gospel upon release. Refusing an underground church, he also founded schools, including one in Kathmandu with 250 students before its 1972 closure. Pradhan died on November 15, 1998, leaving a legacy of bold faith that grew Nepal’s Christian population from near zero in the 1950s to over a million by century’s end. Personal details like family are not widely documented.